Install Guide
Table Of Contents
- iDRAC Service Module 2.3 Installation Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- New in this release
- iDRAC Service Module monitoring features
- Operating system information
- Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system
- Automatic system recovery feature
- Windows Management Instrumentation Providers
- Automatic Technical Support Report collection
- Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device
- Remote iDRAC hard reset
- iDRAC access via Host OS (Experimental Feature)
- In-band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts
- Supported features — operating systems matrix
- Co-existence of Server Administrator and iDRAC Service Module
- Software availability
- Downloading iDRAC Service Module
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
- Software license agreement
- Other documents you may need
- Preinstallation setup
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Modifying the iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Repairing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating system
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Citrix XenServer
- Configuring the iDRAC Service Module
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux installer packages
Table 5. Linux install dependency (continued)
find findutils
Shell Script commands bash
ifconfig net-tools
ping Iputils
chkconfig
RedHat Enterprise Linux
● chkconfig
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
● aaa_base
install_initd
RedHat Enterprise Linux
● redhat-lsb-core
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
● insserv
/etc/init.d/ipmi OpenIPMI
Systemctl systemd
Installing The iDRAC Service Module on Linux
operating system
1. The available features that can be installed are displayed on the screen. The available options are:
● [1] Watchdog Instrumentation Service.
● [2] Lifecycle Log Replication.
● [3] Operating System Information.
● [4] iDRAC access via Host OS
● [5] iDRAC Hard Reset
● [6] All features.
2. To install the required feature, enter the number of the respective feature.
NOTE: Separate the number of the features to be installed by a comma.
NOTE: To install all the three features select All features option.
3. If you do not want to continue the installation, enter q to quit.
NOTE: Starting iDRAC Service Module 2.3, you can also modify the features after installation.
NOTE: To know if iDRAC Service Module is installed on your Linux operating system, run the command /etc/init.d/
dcismeng status. If the iDRAC Service Module is installed and running, the status running is displayed.
NOTE: Use the systemctl status dcismeng.service command instead of the init.d command to check if the
iDRAC Service Module is installed on RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 operating system.
Silent installation
You can install the iDRAC Service Module silently in the background without a user console. This can be achieved by using
setup.sh with parameters.
The parameters that can be passed to use setup.sh are:
Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating system
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